Giselle Corbie co-authors new publication on RADx-UP Testing Core

Giselle Corbie, MD, MSc, CHER co-director and Associate Director of Engaged Science at NC TraCS, is a co-author on a new publication in the Journal of Clinical Microbiology.

The commentary describes "the first 2 years of the [RADx-UP Testing Core] TC’s experience, highlighting the challenges faced and insights gained to safely and effectively deploy large-scale diagnostics for community-initiated research in underserved populations during a pandemic."

From the abstract:
The success of RADx-UP shows that community-based research to increase access and uptake of testing among underserved populations can be accomplished during a pandemic with tools, resources, and multidisciplinary expertise provided by a centralized testing-specific coordinating center.

We developed adaptive tools to support individual testing strategies and frameworks for these diverse studies and ensured continuous monitoring of testing strategies and use of study data. In a rapidly evolving setting of tremendous uncertainty, the TC provided essential and real-time technical expertise to support safe, effective, and adaptive testing. The lessons learned go beyond this pandemic and can serve as a framework for rapid deployment of testing in response to future crises, especially when populations are affected inequitably.

Read the full article at journals.asm.org.